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BY=LA\VS 



NORTH CAROLINA 



SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION, 



AND CHARTER OF THE SAME, 



TO WHICH IS PREFIXED THE 



CONSTITUTION OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. 



RALEIGH : 

Edwards & Broughton, Printe:*s and Binders. 

1894. 






Gift 

Mrs. Julian JaflMi 

1912 




Temporarily Instituted, October 24, 1893. 

Permanently Organized, November 21, 1893. 

Legally Incorporated, January 8, 1894. 



INCORPORATORS. 



Elias Carr, 

Kemp PtUMMER Battle, LL. D., 
Marshall DeLancey Haywood, 
Daniel Harvey Hill, 
Herbert Bemerton Battle, 
Robert Brent Drane, D. D., 
Samuel A'Court Ashe, 
Peter Evans Hines, M. D., 



Alexander Quarles Holladay, 
William Joseph Hawkins, M. D. , 
Thomas Stephen Kenan, 
Edmund Burke Haywood, M. D., 
Frank Battle Dancy, 
Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, 
Graham Daves, 
Joseph Dolby Myers. 



OFFICERS 



GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 

APRIL, 1893-APRIL, 1896. 



GENERAL PRESIDENT, 

Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Md., 
of the Maryland Society. 

GENERAI. VICE-PRESIDENT, 

G.\RRETT DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, 
of the New Jersey Society. 

SECOND GENERAL VICE-PRESIDENT, 

JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, 
Of the Georgia Society. 

GENERAL SECRETARY, 

JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 56 Wall Street, New York, 
of the New York Society. 

ASSISTANT GENERAL SECRETARY, 

WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, 
of the Mar\'land Society. 

GENERAL TREASURER, 

RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 710 Walnut St., Philadelphia, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 

GENERAL ASSISTANT TREASURER, 

STEPHEN SALISBURY, Worcester, 
of the Massachusetts Society. 

GENERAL CHAPLAIN, 

The Rev. MORGAN DIX, D. D., S. T. D., New York City, 
of the New York Society. 

GENERAL REGISTRAR, 

JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, 

of the Pennsylvania Society. 

GENERAL HISTORIAN, 

THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. A., Washington, 
of the District of Columbia Society. 



OFFICERS 



NORTH CflROLINfl SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 



NOVEMBER, 1893-NOVEMBER, 1894. 



president, 

Hon. ELIAS CARR, 

Governor of North Carolina. 

VICE-PRESIDENT, 

Hon. KEMP P. BATTLE, LL. D., 

Chapel Hill. 

SECRETARY, 

MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, 
Raleigh. 

REGISTRAR, 

Prof. D. H. HILL, 

Raleigh. 

treasurer, 

Dr. H. B. battle, 

Raleigh. 

CHAPLAIN, 

The Rev. ROBERT BRENT DRAXE. D. D., 

Edenton. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS: 

SAMUEL A'COURT ASHE, Chairman. 

Elias Carr, Alexander Quarles Hollad.av, 

Kemp Plummer Battle, LL. D., WilliamJoseph Hawkins, M.D., 

Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Thomas Stephen Kenan, 

Daniel Harvey Hill, Frank Battle Dancy, 

Herbert Bemerton Battle, Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, 

Robert Brent Drane, D. D., Graham Daves, 

Peter Evans Hines, M. D., Joseph Dolby Myers. 



COMMITTEE ON ADMISSIONS: 

Thos. S. Kenan, D. H. Hir.i,, 

Marshali, DeLancev Havwood. 



CONSTITUTION 

OF THE 

GENERAL SOCIETY op « SONS OF THE REVOLDTION. 

It being evident, from a steady decline of a proper cele- Preamwe. 
bration of the National holidays of the United States of 
America, that popular concern in the events and men of 
the war of the Revolution is gradually declining, and 
that such lack of interest is attributable, not so much to 
the lapse of time and the rapidly increasing flood of 
immigration from foreign countries, as to the neglect on 
the part of descendants of Revolutionary heroes to per- 
form their duty in keeping before the public mind the 
memory of the services of their ancestors, and of the 
times in which they lived; therefore, the Society of the P'"'P°se5. 
Sons of the Revolution has been instituted to perpetuate 
the memory of the men who, in the military, naval and 
civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental Con- 
gress, by their acts or counsel, achieved the Independence 
of the country, and to further the proper celebration of 
the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and of 
prominent events connected with the war of the Revolu- 
tion; to collect and secure for preservation the rolls, 
records and other documents relating to that period; to 
inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic 
spirit of their forefathers; and to promote the feeling of 
friendship among them. 

The General Society shall be divided into State Socie- state societies: 

meetings of the 

ties, which shall meet annually on the day appointed =^2™^- 
therefor in their respective by-laws, and oftener if found 
expedient; and at such annual meeting the reasons for 
the institution of the Society shall be considered, and the 
best measures for carrying them into effect adopted. 



h CONSTITrTION. 

Election of Officers The State Socicties at every annual meeting shall 

and Managers of , . , . ' 

State Socicties. choose a president, a \ice-president, a secretary', a regis- 
trar, a treasurer, a chaplain, and such other officers as 
may by them respectively be deemed necessary, and a 
board of managers, to consist of such officers, and other 
members, as may be provided by their respective Consti- 
tutions and By-Laws, all of whom shall retain their 
respective positions until their successors are duly chosen. 

state Societies to Each State Society shall cause to be transTnitted annu- 

transrait circular ■' 

ind>\h?Gen'emi ^^'y- o^' ofteucr, to the Other State Societies, a circular 
Society. letter calling attention to whatever may be thought 

worthy of observation respecting the welfare of the 
Society or of the general union of the States, and giving 
information of the officers chosen for the year; and copies 
of these letters shall also be transmitted to the General 
Secretary to be preserved among the records of the Gen- 
eral Society. 
t^^r^Siat'l iSown '^'^^ State Societies shall regulate all matters respect- 
''''^'"' ing their own affairs, consistent with the general good of 

the Society; judge of the qualification of their members 
or of those proposed for membership, subject, however, 
Expulsion of mem. to the provisious of tliis Constitution; and expel any 

bers. 

member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a 
man of honor, or by an opposition to the interests of the 
community in general or the Society in particular, may 
render himself unworthy to continue in membership. 
Fees and dues In Order to foriu fuiids that may be respectable, each 

member shall contribute upon his admission to the 
Society, and annually thereafter, such sums as the by- 
laws of the respective State Societies may require; but 
any of such State Societies may provide for the endow- 
ment of memberships by the payment of proper sums in 
capitalization, which sums shall be properly invested as 
a permanent fund, the income only of which shall be 
expended. 



CONSTITUTION. 9 

The regular meeting of the General Society shall be Meetings of the 

1 , •, • 1111 General Society: 

held every three years, and special meetings may be held delegates to same, 

upon the order of the General President or upon the 

request of two of the State Societies, and such meetings 

shall consist of the General Officers and a representation 

not exceeding five deputies from each State Society, and 

the necessary expenses of such meeting shall be borne by 

the State Societies. 

At the regular meeting, a general president, vice- Election of officers 

'^ oi & 1 ) of the General 

president, secretary, assistant secretary, treasurer, assis- society, 
tant treasurer, and chaplain shall be chosen by a majority 
of the votes present, to serve until the next regular 
general meeting, or until their successors are duly chosen. 

At each general meeting the circular letters which circular letters 

. . from state Societies 

have been transmitted by the several State Societies shall to be considered at 

•^ meetings of Gen- 

be considered, and all measures taken which shall con- '^'■=''*°'^'^'>'- 

duce to the general welfare of the Society. 

The (General Societv shall have power at axiy meeting General society 

^ shallliave power to 

to admit State Societies thereto, and to entertain and ».<^™'', state socie- 

' ties, etc. 

determine all questions affecting the qualifications for 
membership in or the welfare of any State Society as 
may by proper memorial be presented by such State 
Society for consideration. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, Persons eligible to 

-' ^ *= ■'■'■' membership. 

of good character, and a descendant of one who, as a 
military, naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, 
in actual service, under the authority of any of the 
thirteen Colonies or States or of the Continental Congress, 
and remaining always loyal to such authority, or a 
descendant of one who signed the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, or of one who, as a member of the Continental 
Congress or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or 
States, or as an official appointed by or under the authority 
of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the 
establishment of American Independence by services 



lO CONSTITITIOX. 

rendered during the war of the Revolution, becoming 
thereby liable to conviction of treason against the gov- 
ernment of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to 
the authority of the Colonies or States, shall be eligible 
to membership in the Society, 
secretarvof each The Secretary of each State Society shall transmit to 

state Society to 

ralmb^rs ther°eL ^^^^ General Secretary a list of the members thereof, 
socie'ty."'^ °^''"''' together with the names and official designations of those 
from whom such members derive claim to membership, 
and thereafter, upon the admission of members in each 
State Society, the Secretary thereof shall transmit to the 
General Secretary information respecting such members 
similar to that herein required, 
"isignia. The Socicty shall have an insignia, which shall be a 

badge suspended from a ribbon by a ring of gold; the 
badge to be elliptical in form, with escaloped edges, one 
and one-quarter inches in length, and one and one-eighth 
inches in width; the whole surmounted by a gold eagle, 
with wings displayed, inverted; on the obverse side a 
medallion of gold in the centre, elliptical in form, bear- 
ing on its face the figure of a soldier in Continental uni- 
form, with musket slung; beneath, the figures 1775; the 
medallion surrounded by thirteen raised gold stars of five 
points each upon a border of dark blue enamel. On the 
reverse side in the center a medallion corresponding in 
form to that on the obverse, and also in gold, bearing on 
its face the Houdon portrait of Washington in bas-relief, 
encircled by the legend, "Sons of the Revolution;" 
beneath, the figures 1883; and upon the reverse of the 
eagle the number of the badge to be engraved; the me- 
dallion to be surrounded by a plain gold border, con- 
forming in dimensions to the obverse; the ribbon shall 
be dark blue, ribbed and watered, edged with buff, one 
and one-half inches wide, and one and one-half inches in 
displayed length. 



CONSTITUTION. II 

The insignia of the Society shall be worn by the mem- insignia to be wom 

on occasions of eel- 

bers on all occasions when thev assemble as such for any ebration: how 

worn. 

stated purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any 
occasion of ceremony; it shall be carried conspicuously 
on the left breast, but members who are or have been 
oflScers of the Society may wear the insignia suspended 
from the ribbon around tlie neck. 

The custodian of the insignia shall be the General General secretary 

^ custodian of insig- 

Secretary, who shall issue them to members of the Society Jer^of°tiufse''is^smd 
under such proper rules as may be formulated by the 
General Society, and he shall keep a register of such 
issues wherein each insignia issued may be identified bv 
the number thereof. 

The seal of the Society shall be one and seveu-eighths seai. 
inches in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a 
Minute-man in Continental uniform, standing on a lad- 
der leading to a belfry; in his left hand he holds a musket 
and an olive branch, whilst his right grasps a bell-rope; 
above, the cracked Liberty Bell; issuing therefrom a 
ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, Exegi juoim- 
mentum cere perciiniiis ; across the top of the ladder on a 
ribbon, the figures 1776; and on the left of the Minute- 
man, and also on a ribbon, the figures 1883, the year of 
the formation of the Society; the whole encircled by a 
band three-eighths of one inch wide; thereon at the top 
thirteen stars of five points each; at the bottom the name 
of the General Society, or of the State Society, to which 
the seal belongs. 



BY-LAWS 

OF 

THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY 

OF 

THE SONS OF THE REVOLUTION. 
SFXTION L 

NAME OF SOCIETY. 

The Society shall be known by the name, style and title 
of "North C.a.rolina Society of the Sons of the 
Revolution." 

SECTION IL 

objects. 
The objects of the Society are social, literary and patri- 
otic; and the Society is formed for the purpose of perpetuat- 
ing the memory of those men who, in the military, naval 
and civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental 
Congress, during the war of the Revolution, by their acts 
or counsel, achieved the independence of our country; to 
stimulate a love for historical study; to collect and secure 
for preservation the manuscripts, records and other docu- 
ments relating to that period — particularly those pertaining 
to North Carolina; to inspire the members of the Society 
with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and to promote 
a feeling of fellowship among its members. 

SECTION III. 

election of members. 

Members shall be elected as follows: Candidates shall 

send their respective applications and documents, or other 

proofs of qualification for membership, through the Secre- 



14 BY-LAWS. 

tary, to the Board of Managers, which is authorized to 
judge of the merits of an application in sucli manner as the 
General Constitution prescribes. Upon a favorable decision 
of said Board, or a regularly elected committee thereof, 
and upon payment of the initiation fee, the applicants shall 
thereupon become members of the Society. Five negative 
votes by the Board of Managers, or a majority of those cast, 
shall constitute a rejection of the applicant. 

The Chairman of the Board of Managers shall appoint 
annually three members thereof, whose duty it shall be to 
pass upon the qualifications of applicants for admission into 
the Society, and report to the said Board of Managers. 

The Society reserves the privilege of rejecting any nomi- 
nation that may not be acceptable to it. 

SECTION IV. 

OFFICERS. 
The officers of the Society shall be a President, a Vice- 
President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, and a 
Chaplain, who shall be cho.sen by ballot from among the 
members thereof annually, and shall hold until their suc- 
cessors are elected and have qualified. The Secretary, 
Treasurer and Registrar .shall be residents of the city of 
Raleigh. 

SECTION V. 

BO.\RD OF M.\N.\GERS. 

The Board of Managers of the Society shall be fifteen in 
number, namely: The President, the \'ice-President, the 
Secretary, the Registrar, the Treasurer, and the Chaplain, 
ex officio^ and nine others who shall be chosen by ballot 
from among the members of the Society annually, and 
shall hold until their successors are elected and have quali- 
fied. Five members thereof at any meeting shall constitute 
a quorum. The Board shall have power to fill all vacancies 
and to elect its own Chairman, who shall be a resident of 



BY-LAWS. 15 

the city of Raleigh. It may admit members as hereinbe- 
fore set forth in Section III., and under the rules prescribed 
in the General Constitution. It may, through the Secre- 
tary, call special meetings of the vSociety at such times as 
it may see fit, and shall call such meetings at any time 
upon the written request of ten members of the Society. 
It may arrange for commemorative celebrations by the 
Society. It shall recommend plans for promoting the pur- 
poses of the Society, authorize the disbursement and expen- 
diture of any unappropriated money in the treasury for the 
payment of the current expenses of the Society, and per- 
form such other duties as may be elsewhere prescribed in 
these By-Laws or in the General Constitution. At each 
annual meeting of the Society it shall make a report in 
writing. 

SECTION VI. 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE. 
The Society ma}', at each annual meeting, choose a Nom- 
inating Committee of seven members, to nominate officers 
and members of the Board of Managers for election at 
the succeeding annual meeting, but each member of the 
Society shall have the privilege of casting his ballot as he 
may deem best. In case the Society shall not choose such 
a committee, the President shall, prior to every annual 
meeting, appoint such Nominating Committee from among 
the members of the Society, exclusive of officers and mem- 
bers of the Board of Managers. 

SECTION VII. 

PRESIDENT. 
The President, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, or, 
in the absence of both, a Chairman pro tempore^ shall pre- 
side at all meetings of the Society, and shall have a casting 
vote. He shall decide all questions of order, subject to an 
appeal to the Society. 



1 6 BY-LAWS. 

SECTION VIII. 

SECRET.'\RV. 

The Secretary .shall conduct the general correspondence 
of the Society. He shall notify all members of their elec- 
tion, and of such other matters as may be required by the 
Society. He shall have charge of the Seal, Certificate of 
Incorporation, By-Laws and Minutes of the Society, and of 
a duly verified copy of the Constitution of the General 
Society. He, together with the presiding officer, shall 
certify all acts of the Society, and in proper cases authenti- 
cate them under seal. He shall, under the direction of the 
Board of Managers, give due notice of the time and place 
of all meetings of the Society, and attend the same when 
practicable. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all 
the proceedings of the Society, and shall give notice to the 
several officers of all votes, orders, resolves and proceedings 
of the Society affecting them or pertaining to their respec- 
tive duties. He shall be Secretary of the Board of Mana- 
gers and shall keep a record of their meetings in the regu- 
lar minute-book of the Societ>-. 

SECTION IX. 

REGI.STR.\R. 

The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary, file and 
keep of record, all the proofs upon which memberships have 
been granted; a list of all diplomas countersigned bv him, 
and all documents, rolls or other evidences of services in 
the war of the Revolution, of which the .Society may 
become possessed; and he, under the direction of the Board 
of Managers, shall make or cause to be made for file in his 
office, copies of such original or certified documents as the 
owners thereof ma)' not be willing to leave permanently in 
the keeping of the Society. 



BY-LAWS. 1 7 

SECTION X. 

TREASURER. 

The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society, and shall deposit them in some 
bank or banking house, to be designated by the Board of 
Managers, to the credit of the "North Carolina Society of 
the Sons of the Revolution," which funds shall be drawn 
thence on the check of said Treasurer for the purposes of 
the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such 
sums as shall be ordered by the Society, or by the Board of 
Managers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts 
and payments, and, at each annual meeting, render a state- 
ment of the same to the Society, when a committee shall 
be appointed to audit his accounts. He shall give such 
security as may from time to time be required by the Board 
of Managers. 

SECTION XI. 

CHAPLAIN. 

The Chaplain shall be a regularly ordained minister of a 
Christian denomination, and shall perform such duties as 
ordinarily pertain to such office. 

SECTION XII. 

HISTORIAN. 

The Board of ]\Ianagers shall annually have power to 
appoint an Historian, who shall keep a detailed record, to 
be deposited with the Registrar, of all the historical and 
commemorative celebrations of the Society; and he shall 
edit and prepare for publication such addresses, essays, 
papers and other documents of an historical character which 
may be read before the Society or of which the Society may 
become possessed (other than the Constitution, By-Laws 
and Register of Members, which the Secretary is required 



1 8 IJV-LAWS. 

to jjublish); and at every annual meeting, if there be a 
necrological list for the year tlien closing, he shall submit 
the same with carefully prepared biographies of deceased 
members. 

SECTION XIII. 

ANNIIAL MEETING. 

The annual meeting of the Society shall be held in the 
city of Raleigh, on the 15th day of November (^^e.xcept that 
when that day is a Sunday, the meeting shall be held on 
the next ensuing day), at which a general election of offi- 
cers, managers, and delegates to the General Society, by 
ballot, shall take place. At such election a majority of the 
ballots given for any officer or manager shall constitute a 
choice; but if, on the first ballot, no person shall receive 
such majority, then a second ballot shall take place, in 
which a plurality of votes given for any officer or manager 
shall determine the choice. No votes shall be cast by pro.vy. 

At all meetings of the Society, ten members shall consti- 
tute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

No question involving religious doctrine, or the party 
politics of the day in the United States, shall ever be dis- 
cussed or considered in any meeting of the Society. 

SECTION XIV. 

COMMEMORATIONS. 

It shall be a standing regulation that the members shall, 
when practicable, hold a commemorative celebration and 
dine together at least once in every >ear. 

SECTION XV. 

FEES AND DfES. 

The initiation fee shall be Three Dollars. The annual 
dues shall be Two Dollars, payable on or before the first 
day of October in every year: Provided, that any member 



BY-LAWS. 19 

who shall have been elected during the last three months 
of the fiscal year shall not be required to pay the annual 
dues for the current fiscal year. The payment at any time 
of Thirty Dollars shall constitute a life-membership, and 
any person making such payment shall be exempt from the 
payment of the initiation fee and all yearly dues to which 
he would otherwise be liable. If a person already a mem- 
ber of the Society shall become a life-member, no deduction, 
on account of past payments to the Society shall be made 
from the amount of the life-membership ffee. 

SECTION XVL 

EXPULSION AND SUSPEN.SION. 

The Board of Managers shall have power to expel any 
member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman or a 
man of honor, may render himself unworthy to continue in 
membership, but the member expelled shall have a right to 
appeal from the decision of the Board of Managers to the 
Society. Whenever the cause of expulsion shall not have 
involved turpitude nor moral unworthiness, any member 
thus expelled may, upon the unanimous recommendation 
of the Board of Managers, but not otherwise, be restored to 
membership by the Society at any meeting. 

The Board of Managers shall drop from the roll of mem- 
bership the name of any member who shall be two years in 
arrears in the payment of dues, and who, on due notice to 
pay the same, shall fail and neglect to do so within thirty 
days thereafter, and upon being thus dropped his member- 
ship shall cease, but he may be restored to membership at 
any time by the Board of Managers, upon his payment of 
all such arrears and annual dues from the date when he 
first neglected to pay the same to the date of his restoration. 
The Board of Managers may also suspend any officer from 
the performance of his duties, for cause, and this proceed- 



20 



BY-LAW'S. 



ing shall be reported to the Society and acted upon by it at 
its next meeting, whether special or annual, either by a 
rescission of tlie suspension or removal of such officer, or by 
a confirmation thereof 



SECTION XVII. 

SEAL AND INSIGNIA. 

The Seal of the Society shall be one and seven-eighths 
inches in diameter, and shall consist of the figure of a 
Minute-man in Continental uniform, standing on a ladder 
leading to a belfry. In his left hand he holds a musket 
and an olive branch, whilst iiis right grasps a bell-rope. 
Above is the cracked Liberty bell; issuing therefrom is a 
ribbon bearing the motto of the Society, Exegi fnonunien- 
tian cere perenniiis. Across the top of the ladder on a rib- 
bon is the date " i']']6,''' and on the left of the Minute-man 
and also on a ribbon, the date "1883." The whole being 
encircled by a band three-eighths of an iucli wide; thereon, 
at the top, thirteen stars of five points each; at the bottom, 
the title "North Cakolixa Society of the Sons of 
THE Revolution." The following being a fac simile 
theieof: 




BV-I.AWS. 



21 



The Secretary sliall be the custodian of tlie Seal, which 
shall be identical in every particular with the above 
description. 

The Insignia of the Society shall be identical in every 
particular with that described in the General Constitution. 
The followino- being a fac simile thereof: 





On occasions other than the meetings for any stated pur- 
pose or celebration, members may wear a rosette of the pre- 
scribed ribbon and pattern in the upper button-hole of the 
left lapel of the coat. The Treasurer shall procure and 
issue rosettes to all members. The following is ay^cj/wz'/i? 
of the same, which shall not exceed fifteen milimetres in 
diameter: 




22 KV-LAWS. 

SECTIOX XVIII. 

DECEASE OF MEMBERS. 

Any member, upon being informed of the decease of a 
member, shall make it his business to see that the Secretary 
is promptly notified of the fact, which fact shall also, in due 
time, be communicated to the Society. It shall be the duty 
of members, when practicable, to attend the obsequies. 

SECTION XIX. 
ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

1. Meeting called to order by the Presiding officer. 

2. Prayer by the Chaplain. 

3. Reading of Minutes of prior meetings, not previously 
acted upon. 

4. Election of officers and managers, when necessary. 

5. Election of delegates to General Society, when neces- 
sary. 

6. Communication from or report of Board of Managers. 

7. Reports of officers. 

8. Reports of special committees. 

9. Miscellaneous business. 

10. Closing prayer by the Chaplain. 

SECTION XX. 

ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS. 

No alteration or amendment to these By-Laws shall be 
made except at a meeting of the Society, and by a vote of 
three-fourths of the members present. 



CHARTER. 



NORTH CAROLINA— Wake County. 

These articles of agreement to form a Societ\-, and to be 
incori^orated as such, entered into by and between the per- 
sons whose hands and seals are hereunto set, IVi/ness: 

That the persons whose hands and seals are hereunto 
set, and those whom they may hereafter associate with 
them, have mutually agreed to form a Society and become 
incorporated as such, pursuant to chapter 19 of the Laws of 
1S85, and other acts amendatory of chapter 16, volume I., 
of The Code of North Carolina, and to that end they do 
hereby set forth, before the Clerk of the Superior Court of 
Wake County, the following: 

1. The corporate name shall be "North Carolina 
Society of the Sons of the Revolution." 

2. The objects of said Society are social, literary and 
patriotic; and it is established for the purpose of perpetuat- 
ing among their descendants the memory of those brave 
men who periled their lives and interests in the war of the 
Revolution to wrest the American Colonies from British 
dominion. 

3. The place where it is purposed to establish the head- 
quarters of said Society is the city of Raleigh. 

4. The length of time desired for the continuance of said 
corporation is thirty jears. 

5. The names of the persons who have become members 
of the said Society are as follows: Elias Carr, Kemp Plum- 
mer Battle, Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Daniel Harvey 
Hill, Herbert Bemerton Battle, Robert Brent Drane, Samuel 
A' Court Ashe, Peter Evans Hines, Alexander Ouarles 
Holladay, William Joseph Hawkins, Thomas Stephen 
Kenan, Edmund Burke Haywood, Frank Battle Dancy, 



24 CHARTER. 

Bosworth Clifton Beck with, Graham Daves and Joseph 
Dolby Myers, all of whom are citizens of North Carolina; 
and reside in the city of Raleigh, with the exception of 
Kemp Plnmmer Battle, who resides in the town of Chapel 
Hill; Robert Brent Drane, wlio resides in the town of 
Edenton; Graham Daves, who resides in the town of New- 
bern, and Joseph Dolby Myers, who resides in the town of 
Washington. 

6. The number, qualifications, privileges, and method 
of election of members, officers and managers, shall be fixed 
by the By-Laws of the Society: Provided^ that no person 
shall be admitted as a member of the Society except upon 
proof, documentary or historical, that he is a descendant of 
an ancestor who was in the civil, military or marine service 
of the American Colonies during the war of the Revolution, 
and under such further restrictions as the By-Laws may 
impose. 

7. Any member may \oluntarily cease to be a member of 
the Society whenever he sees fit to withdraw therefrom, 
subject to the approval of the Board of Managers; and any 
person may be expelled, or may forfeit his membership, 
under such rules and regulations as may be fixed by the 
By-Laws. 

8. No person shall have the right to sell or transfer his 
membership, or his rights or privileges as such, or to sub- 
stitute another in his place; and any person ceasing to be a 
member, whether voluntarily, or by expulsion, suspension 
or death, shall forfeit all rights and claims in and to the 
property of the Society, and all privileges of membership 
therein, and all his interest in such property shall vest in 
the Society absolutely. 

9. No member shall be individually or personally liable 
for any debt or liability of the Society. 

10. The officers of the Society shall be a President, a 
Vice-President, a Secretary, a Registrar, a Treasurer, a 



CHARTER. 25 

Chaplain, and such others as may from time to time become 
necessary. 

11. The general management of the Society shall be 
vested in a Board of Managers, consisting of fifteen mem- 
bers, which number shall include the President, the Vice- 
President, the Secretary, the Registrar, the Treasurer, and 
the Chaplain, ex officio. 

12. Until a regular election shall be held pursuant to 
the By-Laws, the following shall be the officers and Board 
of Managers of the Society: 

President — Elias Carr. 

Vice-President — Kemp P. Battle. 

Secretary — Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 

Registrar— D. H. Hill. 

Treasurer— H. B. Battle. 

Chaplain — Robert Brent Drane. 

Board of Managers — Elias Carr, Kemp Plummer Battle, 
Marshall DeLancey Haywood, Daniel Harvey Hill, Herbert 
Bemerton Battle, Robert Brent Drane, Samuel A' Court 
Ashe, Peter Evans Hines, Alexander Ouarles Holladay, 
William Joseph Hawkins, Thomas Stephen Kenan, Frank 
Battle Dancy, Bosworth Clifton Beckwith, Graham Daves 
and Joseph Dolby Myers. 

In testimony whereof, the parties have hereunto set their 

hands and seals, this the 2 2d day of December, A. D. 1893. 

EUAS Carr. [Seal] Alex. Q. Holladay. [Seal] 

Kemp p. Battle. [Seal] W. J. Hawkins. [Seal] 

Marshall DeLancey Haywood. [Seal] Tho: S. Kenan. [Seal] 

D. H. Hill. [Seal] E. Burke Haywood. [Seal] 

H. B. Battle. [Seal] F. B. Dancy. [Seal] 

ROBT. B. Drane. [Seal] B. C. Beckwith. [Seal] 

S. A. Ashe. [Seal] Graham Daves. [Seal] 

P. E. Hines. [Seal] Joseph D. Myers. [.Seal] 

Witness: 

Marshall DeLancey Haywood. 



26 CHARTER. 

NORTH CAROLINA, ] .• j. ■ ^, , 
\ir.„^ r^^,. ^ Superior Court. 

Wake County. j ^ 

The execution of the foregoing articles of agreement and 
place of incorporation of "North Carolina Society of 
THE vSoNS OF THE REVOLUTION " was acknowledged 
before me by Marshall DeLancey Haywood, one of the 
grantors, for the purposes therein expressed, as to himself; 
and the execution of the foregoing instrument, as to the 
other subscribers, was this day proven before me by the 
oath and examination of Marshall DeLancey Haywood, the 
subscribing witness thereto. 

Let the said articles of agreement and place of incorpo- 
ration, with this certificate, be recorded. 

Witness my hand and official seal, this ist day of Janu- 
ary, 1894. 
[official .seal.] Jno. W. Thompson, 

Clerk Superior Court. 



No. 29. 

vState of North Carolina. 

To all to whom these presents shall come — Greeting: 

Kno\v ye, That it appears from the Certificate from the 
Clerk of the Superior Court of Wake County that the 
following named persons, Elias Carr, Kemp P. Battle, 
Marshall DeLancey Haywood, D. H. Hill, H. B. Battle, 
Robt. B. Drane, S. A. Ashe, P. E. Hines, Alex. O. Holla- 
day, W. J. Hawkins, Tho: S. Kenan, E. Burke Haywood, 
F. B. Dancy, B. C. Beckwith, Graham Daves and Joseph 
D. Myers, heretofore, on the 22d day of December, 1893, 
signed and filed Articles of Agreement for the formation of 
a private corporation before said Clerk, and copy of said 
Articles of Agreement, duly certified by said Clerk under 
the seal of said Court, have been filed and recorded in this 
office, as prescribed in chapter 31S of the Acts of 1893. 



CHARTER. 



27 



Now, THEREFORE, Under the power and authority vested 
in me by chapter 318 of said Acts of 1893, I do hereby 
declare the persons signing said Articles of Agreement duly 
incorporated, under the name and style of " North Caro- 
lina Society of the Sons of the Revolution," for the 
period of thirty years from and after the ist day of January, 
1894, for the purposes set forth in said Articles of Agree- 
ment, with all the powers, rights and liabilities conferred 
and imposed by law on such corporations. 

Witness my hand and the Great 
Seal of the State of North Caro- 
lina, at ofHce in the city of Ral- 
eigh, this 8th day of January, in 
the I I 8th year of our Indepen- 
dence, and in the year of our Lord 
one thousand eight hundred and 
ninety-four. 

Oct: Coke, 
Secretary of State. 





TEMPORARILY INSTITUTED, OCTOBER 24, 1893. 

PERMANENTLY ORGANIZED, NOVEMBER 21, 1893. 

LEGALLY INCORPORATED, JANUARY 8, 1894. 



Okkickks ano IVIanageks: 

'November, 1893— November, 1894.1 



Gov. ELIAS CARR, 

Hon. KEMP P. RATTLE, LL. D., . 

MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, . 

Prof. D. H. HILL, .... 

Dr. H. B. BATTLE, 

The Rev. ROBERT BRENT DRANE, D. D., 



President. 

Vice-Pre.sident. 

Secretary. 

Reglstrar. 

Treasurer. 

Chaplain. 



Board of" IVIanageks: 



ELIAS CARR, 

KEMP PLUMMER BATTLE, LL. D., 
MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, 
DANIEL HARVEY HILL, 
HERBERT BEMERTON BATTLE, 
ROBERT BRENT DRANE, D. D., 
PETER EVANS HINES, M. D., 



SAMUEL A' COURT ASHE, Chairman. 

ALEXANDER QUARLES HOLLADAY, 
WILLIAM JOSEPH HAWKINS, M. D., 
THOMAS STEPHEN KENAN, 
FRANK BATTLE DANCY, 
BOSWORTH CLIFTON BECKWITH, 
GRAHAM DAVES, 
JOSEPH DOLBY MYERS. 



NORTH CAROLINA. SOCIETY 



SONS OR XHE REVOLUTION. 



Objects. 

The objects of the Society are social, literary, and patriotic. It is formed for the pur- 
pose of perpetuating the memory of those men, who, in the military, naval, and civil 
service of the American Colonies during the War of the Revolution, by their acts or 
counsel, achieved the independence of our country ; to stimulate a love for historical study; 
to collect and secure for preservation the manuscripts, records and other documents rela- 
ting to that period — particularly those pertaining to North Carolina; to inspire the mem- 
bers of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers, and to promote a feeling 
of fellowship among them. 

Qualifications for Membership in the Society. 

Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good character, and a descend- 
ant of one who, as a military, naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor or marine, in actual 
service, under the authority of any of the ihirteen Colonies or States, or of the Conti- 
nental Congress, and remaining always loyal to such authority; or a descendant of one 
who signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who, as a member of the Conti- 
nental Congress, or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official 
appointed by or under the authority of any such legislative bodies, actually assisted in the 
establishment of American Independence by services rendered during the War of the Rev- 
olution, becoming tliereby liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great 
Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authorit}- of the Colonies or States, sliall be 
eligible to membership in the Society: Provided always^ That the Society reserves to itself 
the privilege of rejecting any application that may not be acceptable to it. 



Note. — Service of ancestors must be proven by documentary or historicil evidence. No tradition, however direct 
and accurate, can be taken as proof. 

Directions for Making Application for Membership. 

In preparing applications for membership in the Society, attention to the following 
suggestions is recommended, in order to facilitate the work of the Board of Managers: 

1. Applications must be made in duplicate, and in legible writing (not type-written), 
upon the forms issued b}^ the Society. 

2. State record of ancestor fully but concisely. 

3. Give authority for each service of ancestor. 

4. As authorities for service, the Society suggests reference to State histories, to the 
Records, in print or manuscript, of the several States, and of the United States Depart- 
ments of War, of the Navy, of State, and of the Bureau of Pensions ; and reserves to 
itself the right to judge of the accuracy of any work or paper. 



5- In referring to printed works, the volume and page should in all cases be cor- 
rectly given. 

6. References to authorities in manuscript must be accompanied by certified copies^ 
and authentic family papers must be submitted, if required. 

7. Every application and duplicate must be signed by the applicant, and his signa- 
ture witnessed by a notary public or clerk of a court, under official seal. It must also be 
signed by two members of the Society as proposer and seconder. When the applicant is 
not personally known to some member of the Board of Managers who resides in the City 
of Raleigh, his application should be accompanied by a letter from the proposer and 
seconder, or one of them. 

8. vSupplemcntar^' claims, in form and procedure, are to be treated precisely as origi- 
nal applications. 

9. It is requested that copies of the forms and accompanying papers be retained 
by the applicant, if needed for private reference. The clerical force of the Society is not 
sufficient to furnish copies of their applications to members. 

Fees and Dues. 

The initiation fee is Three Dollars, payable on admission. The annual dues are Two 
Dollars, payable in advance on the first day of October in every year; but any member who 
is elected during the last three months of the fiscal year is not required to pay the annual 
dues for the current fiscal year. The payment at any time of Thirty Dollars constitxites 
a life-membership, and any person making such paj-ment is exempt from the payment of 
the initiation fee and all 3'early dues to which he would otherwise be liable. If a person 
already a member of the Society becomes a life-member, no deduction on account of past 
payments to the Society is made from the amount of the life-membership fee. 

Other Expenses. 

The Diploma, or Certificate of Membership, is issued b}^ the General Society, at an 
extra cost of Five Dollars. It is handsomely engraved on parchment, signed by the Pres- 
ident and Secretary of the General Society, and the President, Secretary, and Registrar of 
the North Carolina Society. The Badge (to be worn on occasions of celebration, etc.) is 
made of gold, and costs Thirteen Dollars. 

But no member is compelled to provide himself with either Badge or Diploma, though 
the Society recommends it, and particniarlv recommends that each member procure the 
Diploma as soon after his admission as practicable. Button Badges or Rosettes (for gen- 
eral use) are furnished free of charge to members. 



Note. — The reason for recommending the immediate purchase of a Diploma is, that new officers of the Society, both 
State and General, niav be elected at anj- time, and to avoid confusion as to the date of a member's admissiou into the 
Society, the Diploma should bear the signature of those who were in office at the time of his election to membership. 

For further information, or blanks, address 

MARSHALL DeLANCEY HAYWOOD, Secretary, 

RALEIGH. N. C. 




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